diff --git a/_posts/2017-11-25-upgrade-fedora-online.md b/_posts/2017-11-25-upgrade-fedora-online.md index 7500219..3bd2cac 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-11-25-upgrade-fedora-online.md +++ b/_posts/2017-11-25-upgrade-fedora-online.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags: I have installed Fedora on my computer 3 or 4 years ago. Since this installation, I have installed many packages and upgraded it every 6 months. Unfortunately, Gnome Software has never worked for me, and I never took the time to debug it. Like many people, I am using the old method with `dnf-system-upgrade`, which worked pretty well. But this time, I had a segfault on dnf during the offline upgrade. The only information I got was the following lines: -``` +```raw kernel: show_signal_msg: 7 callbacks suppressed kernel: dnf[846]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f39b860f724 sp 00007ffd00588520 error 4 in libc-2.25.so[7f39b8586000+1cb000] kernel: audit: type=1701 audit(1511598827.366:96): auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:rpm_t:s0 pid=846 comm="dnf" exe="/usr/libexec/s @@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ Just after the segfault, my computer rebooted on Fedora 26. ## How dnf-system-upgrade works -*Some information presented here could not be totally accurate. If you have a doubt, please follow the links.* +*Some information presented here could be not totally accurate. If you have a doubt, please follow the links.* `dnf-system-upgrade` use a feature of systemd described here: [Implementing Offline System Updates](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.offline-updates.html). By creating a symlink named `/system-update`, at the next reboot systemd will boot to a specific target named `system-update.target` But when will this symlink created ? When you run the following command: -``` -# dnf system-upgrade reboot +```raw +dnf system-upgrade reboot ``` We can see [in the source of the plugin](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-extras/blob/master/plugins/system_upgrade.py) that a symlink pointing to a dnf folder is created: @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dnf-system-upgrade.service fwupd-offline-update.service packagekit-offline-upd We are specifically interested by `dnf-system-upgrade.service` which basically run the following command: ```raw -# dnf --releasever=27 system-upgrade upgrade +dnf --releasever=27 system-upgrade upgrade ``` @@ -69,19 +69,21 @@ At the end of this script, the symlink `/system-update` is destroyed and the com ## Upgrading online to bypass the bug I didn't have any idea to debug this segfault in the offline mode. -So I searched a way to run this command in an online system. +So I searched a way to run this command on an online system. If the command segfaults, I'll have some tools to investigate it. If the command works, I'll have an upgraded system. +In my case, everything went well. + Before typing any command, you must know that this tool is not intended to be run this way. -It may break your Fedora installation or kill your family. -You really should run all your commands in a virtual terminal, as if Gnome crashes during the install, it will not kill dnf. +You may break your Fedora installation or kill your family. +You really should run all your commands in a virtual terminal as it will not kill dnf if Gnome crashes during the install. First, you must have downloaded the update: -``` -# dnf upgrade --refresh -# dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=27 +```raw +dnf upgrade --refresh +dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=27 ``` *For more information, you can refer to the article [Upgrading Fedora 26 to Fedora 27](https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrading-fedora-26-fedora-27/)* @@ -108,13 +110,13 @@ Then, you will need to update dnf-system-upgrade configuration stored in `/var/l You must create the `/system-update` symlink, otherwise the upgrade command will fail: ```raw -# ln -s /var/lib/dnf/system-upgrade /system-update +ln -s /var/lib/dnf/system-upgrade /system-update ``` And finally, you can run the upgrade command: ```raw -# dnf --releasever=27 system-upgrade upgrade +dnf --releasever=27 system-upgrade upgrade ``` -Your computer will automatically reboot at the end. Now you'll have either a working Fedora 27 or a borken Linux distribution. Good luck and have fun ! +Your computer will automatically reboot at the end. Now you'll have either a working Fedora 27 or a broken Linux distribution. Good luck and have fun !